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Associated Press
8:22 a.m. EDT August 8, 2014

Defense attorney Cheryl Carpenter holds a photo during closing arguments Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, in Detroit in the trial of Theodore Wafer. The case of Waffen, a suburban Detroit homeowner who opened his front door and blasted an unarmed woman on his porch, has gone to the jury. Wafer, an airport maintenance worker who lives alone, is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Clarence Tabb Jr.)(Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr, AP)